#Earman primer on determinism password#

Friedman, Kant and the exact sciences, Chap. Hopkins, 'Visual geometry', Philosophical Review 82, 1973, 3-34. Possible other theme: Kant's Philosophy of Geometry Norton 'Philosophy of space and time' in M. Eddington, Preface and Prologue from Space Time Gravitation (CUP, Philosophy of Geometry, especially in the light of relativity Earman (1986) A primer on determinism, Dordrecht: Reidel. Mechanics: historical contingency and the Copenhagen hegemony,Ĭhicago, IL: University of Chicago Press. Entry on Determinism and indeterminism in the Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy.įor those interested in a deterministic version of quantum theory (theĭe Broglie-Bohm interpretation): Cushing, J.Earman, 'Determinism: What we have learned and what we still don't know' Quantum sections) (Electronic Course Reserves) Salmon etĪl., Introduction to Philosophy of Science 232-263. Earman, 'Determinism in the physical sciences,' in M. Mechanics The main JB paper is: 'Some aspects of modality inĪnalytical mechanics' (arXiv: physics/0210081) Sep 29 Possible other theme for this session or next: Modality in Classical 'On Hamilton-Jacobi theory as a classical root of quantum theory' (arXiv: quant-ph/0210140).

'Between laws and models: philosophical morals of Lagrangian mechanics' (philsci: 00001937).What is it to solve a problem in mechanics? The schemes of analytical 'On the persistence of particles' (philsci: 00001586).'The rotating discs argument defeated' (philsci: 00001763).'On the persistence of homogeneous matter' (arXiv: physics/0406021).The persistence of matter in metaphysics and classical physics

#Earman primer on determinism password#

Other papers areĪvailable from Electronic Course Reserves (ECR), and can be downloadedĬlick on PHI 538, enter username: phi538, password _ Schedule Sep 15 Most papers below are linked from this page. Physics (thermodynamics and statistical mechanics). In the light of relativity theory (ii) quantum theory (iii) thermal Selected philosophical problems about: (i) space and time, especially In the second half of the semester, we will discuss some Problems, time reversal, determinism, and the nature of instantaneous Persistence of matter, modality, the representation of mechanical Problems of classical mechanics and classical field theories: the

In the first half of the semester, we will discuss philosophical Butterfield Meeting time: Wed, 6:00-8:50pm Description PHI 538, Metaphysics of Physics PHI 538, Metaphysics of Physics Seminar Leaders: H.